336 pages ; 24 cm

A Theology of Word and Spirit draws out the contemporary implications of the biblically grounded theology of Augustine, Luther, Calvin and Barth. Here will be found fresh and faithful discussions of relativism, the present Kirchenkampf (church conflict), fideism and rationalism, feminine-gender language for God, narrative theology, and the hermeneutical problem

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-328) and indexes

Introduction -- Reclaiming dogma -- Toward the recovery of biblical, evangelical theology -- The theological malaise -- The slide into relativism -- A new church conflict? -- Faith and philosophy -- Faith and reason -- Theology and philosophy -- Faith and metaphysics -- Faith and religion -- Faith and ethics -- Beyond fideism and rationalism -- Theological language -- The enigma of faith-language -- Dialectic and paradox -- The divine names -- Resymbolizing God -- Words and images -- Toward the renewal of theology -- Theology defined -- Dogma and doctrine -- Dimensions of a renewed theology -- The two sides of theology -- The challenge today -- A venture in obedience -- Natural theology -- Karl Barth and his adversaries -- The new Catholicism -- General revelation -- Natural morality -- A theology of creation -- Natural theology today -- Rethinking theological authority -- Loci of authority -- Absolute and relative terms -- The paradoxical nature of theological authority -- The ground of certainty -- Mystery and meaning -- The communication of the gospel -- Revelation and communication -- Questionable methods -- A biblical alternative -- A reappraisal of apologetics -- Religious imperialism versus evangelism -- Theology at the crossroads -- Four options -- Theology of restoration -- Theology of accommodation -- Theology of correlation -- Theology of confrontation -- Points of conflict -- Toward a new kind of confessional theology -- Discordant voices

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